CTC Chairman, Activist Flay Wike ‘s Loyalists , Ex-LG Boss Over Political Crisis

The Ahoada-West Local Government Area Caretaker Committee Chairman, Hon. Daddy John, has described Pro-Wike politicians in the local government area as people of little consequence.
This was just as he declared that all the viable mainstream politicians in the entire local government were in support of Governor Siminalayi Fubara.
He made the assertions while speaking at Akinima, headquarters of the local government area, during the sensitisation rallies organised by the Simplified Movement.
Hon. John noted that all relevant politicians in the local government area had willingly redirected their energies to work for and support the state governor following his record of achievements and commitment to peace in the state in the past one year in office.
“Ahoada-West people, I want to tell you that in just about one month that we’ve been in office as caretaker committee members, we’ve started transforming the entire LGA. We’ve rehabilitated some bad roads in the LGA, and we’ve began to do other projects.
“In their time as LGA chairman and members, can they show you any impactful project they executed?
“And inline with the governor’s directive to all caretaker committee chairmen and members in the state, very soon we’ll begin empowerment programmes for citizens of this LGA”, the chairman said.
Meanwhile, Engenni-born human rights activist, Comrade Santos Owolo, has described the administration of former chairman of Ahoada-West Local Government Area, Hon. Hope Ikiriko, as autocratic and dehumanizing.
He stated this while speaking with newsmen on the sideline of the ward- ward sensitization tour carried out by the ‘Simplified Movement’ in the local government area.
The activist alleged that while the former chairman held sway in office for six years, he never executed any meaningful project throughout his tenure in office, but was rather full of self adulation and arrogance.
Comrade Owolo expressed regrets that even though he played pivotal roles during Hon Ikiriko’s first and second tenure electioneering campaigns, the ex-council chairman turned against him when he tried to put the ex-LGA boss on track by reminding him of the promises he had made to the electorate.
“During the six years tenure of the former chairman, Hon. Hope Ikiriko, there’s nothing to write home about in this LGA. But, God willing, when I tried to remind Ikiriko of his promises to the citizens during his campaigns, what he did was to manhandle me like a common thief.
“He reported me to the police who later came to my office and whisked me away, dumped me in cell and later the Port Harcourt Correctional Center (prison) for more than two weeks. It’s from there we later approached the courts for trial and finally I regained my freedom”, the activist said.

By: Ariwera Ibibo-Howells, Yenagoa